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New York Times, Monday, September 2, 1996

Author:
F. Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Writer Caldwell
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Piscop. Monday freshness: 31%
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© 1996, The New York Times9/2/96 ( No. 17,100 )
Across
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Arrives : COMES
6
"Dancing Queen" pop group : ABBA
10
He loved Lucy : DESI
14
Stick out like ___ thumb : ASORE
15
Late newscaster Sevareid : ERIC
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"Did you ___?" : EVER
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Pen, but not for credit : GHOSTWRITE
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Kind of cabinet : FILE
20
American, in W.W. II : YANK
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Extra-ample shoe width : EEE
22
Contribute : PUTIN
23
Bar mitzvah, e.g. : RITEOFPASSAGE
27
Paris's river : SEINE
29
Spooky : EERIE
30
Jeans line : INSEAM
32
Beavers' project : DAM
33
An NCO : SSGT
37
Pseudonymous surname : DOE
38
Famous oversleeper : RIP
40
Beer barrel : KEG
42
"What ___ the odds?" : ARE
43
Old gas name : ESSO
45
Marked wrong : XED
47
Farm horse : DOBBIN
49
Dictation taker : STENO
51
Advertising lights : NEONS
52
"Bonanza" boss : BENCARTWRIGHT
57
Love affair : AMOUR
58
Ireland's ___ Lingus : AER
59
Two-syllable foot : IAMB
62
Hammer or sickle : TOOL
63
Square feature : RIGHTANGLE
66
Sicilian mount : ETNA
67
Brainstorm : IDEA
68
___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
69
Moose, for one : DEER
70
End of a fishhook : BARB
71
Desirable trait : ASSET
Down
1
Shrewd : CAGY
2
Worker protection grp. : OSHA
3
Night sights on the eastern horizon : MOONRISES
4
Writer Caldwell : ERSKINE
5
"Game, ___, match" : SET
6
Stamp on mail from Mexico : AEREO
7
Informed : BRIEFED
8
Took the bait : BIT
9
King topper : ACE
10
Does bomb squad work : DEFUSES
11
Mrs. Peron : EVITA
12
Baseball bigwig Bud : SELIG
13
"Goodnight, ___" (1950 hit) : IRENE
18
Itsy-bitsy : WEE
22
Tire abbr. : PSI
24
Salty drop : TEAR
25
Mountain : PEAK
26
Partner of dangerous : ARMED
27
One of six on a cube : SIDE
28
Son of Seth : ENOS
31
Kitchen appliance : MIXER
34
Incapacitates, illegally : SABOTAGES
35
Sheepish look : GRIN
36
Scores for Comaneci : TENS
39
Shut (up) : PENT
41
Alarm sounder : GONG
44
Pertaining to kissing : OSCULAR
46
King's widow, e.g. : DOWAGER
48
Rumps : BEHINDS
50
Cigarette stat : TAR
52
Like some breath : BATED
53
Ham it up : EMOTE
54
Nary a soul : NOONE
55
Drug-kicking program : REHAB
56
N.Y.C. subway line : IRT
60
Fr. miss : MLLE
61
Cop's route : BEAT
63
Tease : RIB
64
Sweet-as-apple-cider girl : IDA
65
Motorists' org. : AAA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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